Category Archives: Special Events

Minnesota Highlights

We have been anticipating going to Minnesota for a long time now to visit our good friends, the Harwoods. Well, April 9th finally came and we headed to the boise airport.

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Scott and Ava at the airport.

We went to Gale Woods Farm near Ben and Niki’s house to see baby animals.

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Abbey, Niki, Ava, and Scott petting a lamb.

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Sophia and Abbey petting a BIG dog (that recently had eye surgery).

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Ava feeding the piglets.

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Niki and Abbey

Minnesota Zoo

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Scott called this stroller the “fun bus” and the girls LOVED it! They also enjoyed slushies and had red and blue faces. Lots people would laugh at how cute they were with their messy faces!

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Ava balancing on dinosaur bones. Ben and Abbey are also in the backround.

Children’s Museum

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Niki painting Ava’s face

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Sophia’s painted face.

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Sophia the firewoman.

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Ava the mail carrier.

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Puppies in their dog house!

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Niki and Sophia in dinosaur land.

Bubbles in the Yard

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We had so much fun! We left cold weather in Boise and arrived to beautiful weather in Minnesota. The girls were so cute together! Sophia referred to Ava as her best friend… “Where’s my best friend?” Ava didn’t sleep the greatest so she was pretty emotional but she still had a great time. Yesterday we were talking about the differences in Idaho and Minnesota and she asked which one I liked better. Then I asked her. She replied, “Minnesota because my best friend is there.”

Thank you Ben and Niki for a wonderful time! We really appreciate you putting up with us for an entire week! We really felt at home.

Ava fell asleep on the plane coming home. This is how we pushed her through the airport.
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Me Want Some Lucky Charms!

We woke up this morning and found all of the chairs at the dining room table knocked over and chocolate gold coins scattered around the table. We knew it must have been those mischievous leprechauns so Ava decided to build a leprechaun trap.

Leprechaun trap

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To entice the leprechauns into the trap Ava laid a cloth down for a bed (after all, they must be tired from all that chair tipping!), some lucky charms, a book on how to find gold, and a map to some gold.

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While Ava was napping, those tricky leprechauns ate the lucky charms, took the book and the map, all without getting trapped! I guess we’ll have to try again next year.

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Ava outside enjoying the spring weather on St. Patrick’s Day.

Ava’s 3rd Birthday

We were originally going to keep Ava’s 3rd birthday very simple. We planned on taking her and a friend to build-a-bear and then to Mrs. Field’s for a cookie. BUT, Ava has a little photo album of her first birthday which includes lots of pictures of the guests. Ava said she would really like everyone to be there again for her birthday party so that’s just what we did. Both Scott and I were so busy we really didn’t have a chance to take a lot of photos.

Ava’s school birthday party:

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Home birthday party:

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Ava had a lot of fun. I’m really glad we went ahead and hosted a big party for her. She felt very loved and her face just beamed as everyone sang happy birthday to her!

I can’t believe my baby girl is 3!!

Here’s a picture of Ava when she first turned 2:

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Hasn’t she changed so much? She’s lost her baby face!